Housekeeping Pads
The construction of housekeeping pads is shown below.
The housekeeping pad must be a minimum of one inch thicker than the anchor hole depth, or as required for the concrete anchors shown in Figure 160.
Dimensions for the pad footprint must be large enough for the equipment, attachment steel (as required), and the edge distance of concrete anchors (see Anchors), as shown in Figure 161 (below).
Step 1: Install dowels into the floor Attachment details for dowels are shown in Figure 162 (below).
- Use measurements and shop drawings to lay out the size of the dowels and the dowel pattern.
- Coordinate the location of embedded “Z” bar shown in Figure 162 with the concrete subcontractor.
Obtain the size of doweling and reinforcement from contract drawings, specifications or the manufacturer’ printed instructions. Exterior dowels must be ½” to 1” in diameter. Interior dowels must be ½” to ¾” in diameter.
Step 2: Assemble reinforcement
Assemble the reinforcement as shown in Figure 159. Connect the dowels using wire.